Past tense contrast
1 Complete the table with the ing form, past simple and
past participle form of the verbs.
I can talk about the past using a variety of past tenses.
4 Write the negative and interrogative form of the sentences.
1 Jason had been to Italy.
Jason hadn't been to Italy.
ee ers
Had Jason been to Ital
1 an 2 Tom grew up in London
2 fight
3 die 3. Her parents split up last year
‘4 meet
5 retire ans
4 Harry was living in Scotland
6 think
7 stop —
@ ride 5 Sally had eaten lunch,
9 fall
10 learn
2 Circe the correct answers.
1 My parents bought / were buying a house just after they
got married.
2 John had got engaged / was getting engaged before he
left university
3 Liam inherited alot of money and was emigrating /
emigrated to Australia.
4 Did Pam phone / Had Pam phoned while you watched /
‘were watching television?
5 opened the door and stepped / had stepped outside.
Itrained / was raining,
6 | didnt know where you were because you
weren't phoning / didn't phone.
7 Thad /’¢ had this watch for two years when the battery
ranout.
3. Some of the verb forms and tenses in the sentences are
incorrect. Rewrite them correctly. Tck the correct sentences.
1 Why did you be angry with Mary?)
2 Had you eaten before you went out?(_]
3 Ieoulda't go out until had did my homework ()
4 It wasn't rain when we left the house.(_]
5 wasn’t feeling well this morning LJ
6 We was eating whnen you phoned.)
7 Where had you unche)
5 Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the past
simple, past continuous or past perfect.
goout leave notlisten lose shine snow
1 couldn't pay forthe pizzas because!
my money at home,
2 | put on my coat and —
3. You didn't understand the question because you
4 When we wore up, everything was white because it
during the night.
5 | borrowed my brothers jacket because |
6 twas really cold day, but the sun
6 Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the past
simple, past continuous or past perfect.
When Sarah Knauss"
80 December 1999, she *
Pennsylvania, USA,
where she?
(spend) all her life.
At the time of her
death, only one person
before her *
(live) longer. Sarah
(die) on
live) in
: (have)
one daughter, who
« still
= (live)
when Sarah died.
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